Medicinal apparatus



July l2, 193,2. Y, KAwAi MEDICINAL APPARATUS Filed June 24, 1929,fulfill INVENTOR Yohiada {fau/a] l ATTORNEY Patented July l2, 1932*UNITED lsm'rizs YOSHISA'DA KAWA'I, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON MEDICINALAPPARATUS Application` tiled .Tune 24,

This invention relates to medicinal apparatus, and,'more especially, toapparatus of this kind lwherein vaporized medicine is applied toaffected parts of ones body in union with beneficial electrical effects.

An objecty of theinvention is to provide means whereby a constant supplyofvaporized medicine can be maintained to the body.

Another object of the invention is to provide a medium wherebystimulation of t-he skin is builtup at the affected parts to morereadily assimilate the medicine.

Still further objects and advantages will become apparent in thefollowing specification and claims.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a view of apparatus embodying my invention,parts being shown in section and parts being shown in symbolicrepresentation. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of one of theapplicators represented in Fig. 1, taken to an enlarged scale. v

Before proceeding with a detailed description of the apparatus shown, itmight b e advantageous to set forth, in a general way, the end attainedby utilizing the invention. In

many disorders, such as rheumatism, neuralgia,etc., affecting thenervous muscular and respiratory systems, certain curative medicinalvalues are present in some medicines, such being especially of benefitby vaporizing the same in assuring a more rapid assimilation to theaffected portions of the body.

Healthful results are further attained by *5w using a violet ray inconjunction with the above, the theory as to its action vupon the humansystem being that it sets up a nerve response at the point of contact.

Electrical shocks will act in a similar l manner, with respect to nerveresponse, and in addition set up a current of electrical atoms betweentwo contactual points of the body, such current coursing through thebody having a tendency of drawing'atoms of the vapor 5 into contact withthe affected parts. In utilizing the' foregoing, I provide means wherebysuch electrical disturbances and a requisite quantity of vaporizedmedicine may be ymost advantageously interassociated and l applied, onein conjunction with the other.

1929. 'seran No. 373,203.

Reference being had, more especially toy Fig. 1, apparatus utilized inthe present invention comprises a medicinal storage chamber 5, havingcentrally suspended therein, a heating rod 6, adapted to raise thetempera.- ture within said chamber to a point. where vapor will form andbe carried through the passage 7 toa condensing chamber 8, excess fluidbeing returned through the return pipe 9 to the storage chamber.

Pipes, 10, 10l lead from vsaid condensing chamber 8 to a panel 11, ofsuitable non-conductive material, and through flexible coupllngs 12, 121to applicatorsl, 131 which will be hereinafter described kin detail.Said couplings are further provided interiorly of the length thereof,and in contactual relation with the ends 14:, 141 of said pipes v10, 10lwith a conducting wire 15y (Fig. 2). A filling cap 16 and gauge '17 areadvantageously provided 70 for said chamber 5.

In combination with said chamber, I provide means operable from a mainalternating current source, consisting ofk switch posts S, S1; in amanner to provide selective re- 75 sistance in controlling the heat setup by the rod 6. Connected therewith are two electrical circuits R, R1,wired to produce violet ray and electric shocks, respectively. Saidviolet ray circuit consists, as shown, in a transformer T, variableresistance VR and a super induction coily C, acting through effects setup through a condensor L, in a mannery well known. i

Connections V1 and V2 coil contactV with 'sockets panel 11. The shockingfrom said induction 18 provided in the apparatus is shown y ascomprising a transformer T1, rheostat Rh and induction coil C1. Saidinduction coil C1 is connected, asiat 19 to the supply pipe 101, 90 `theother terminal being grounded, as at 20 to the pipe 10. An insulation,shownas comprising a rubberftube 21, secured tothe ends of complementarypipe members, isshown. Switches S3, S4, are provided within theaforesaid circuits. The foregoing structure is not new, except as takenwith the following novel manner of discharging the same from a commonapplicator in being applied to affected portions of a persons body.

Said applicator comprises a casing 22, preferably of bakelite or similarinsulated material, and having interiorly of the Wall thereof, a liningof asbestos 23. A, thin metallic shell 24 encases the asbestos andcontacts with the end 25 of said Wire 15. Interiorly suspended centrallyof said casing 22 is an insulated shell 26, Within which a violet raytube 27 is securably clamped Within spring contacts 28 carried by ascrew threaded stud 29, and adapted to be connected as by a cord 30 andposts 31 with sockets 18.

Cotton or other similar absorbent material 32 is inserted Within thespace afforded between said shells 26 and 24:, and is encased by ascreening 33. An metallic head 34 is provided to secure about the faceportion 35 of said casing, and is adaptably covered by absorbent strips37, secured as by an adhesive, and arranged to entend over the aforesaidscreening, in a manner to prevent excess vapor from being discharged,beyond the absorbing capacity of the aiected portions of the body.

The invention is believed clear .from the foregoing, vaporized medicineentering through inlet end 26 of said casing 22, being dischargedthrough the screening 33 in cooperation with electrical impulses set upin the tube 27 and metallic head piece 34.

In using the applicators together on different portions of the body, anelectric circuit is built up which will course through the body tostimulate the reception of vaporized medicine.

Although I have described my invention as utilizing specific forms ofelectrical activity, I do not Wish to conne myself thereto, except aslimited by the appended claims.

What I claim, is,-

l. In a therapeutic instrument, in combiinteriorly screw threaded latingjacket interiorly of the wall of said body, a chambered shell interiorlyof said jacket, a non-conductive tubular insulator Within said shell,said last named member serving to receive a vacuum tube adapted to beelectrically energized, means for continuously admitting a vaporizedmedicinal preparation to the chamber of said shell, an apertured headfor said'body for emitting said medicinal preparation, and means toelectrically energize said vacuum tube coincident with the emission ofsaid medicinal preparation.

3. In a therapeutic instrument, a body member providing a pair ofchambers, one electrically insulated from the other, means forcontinuously admitting a vaporized medicinal preparation to one of saidchambers, a head for said body member providing means for emitting saidvaporized medicinal preparation, an electrically energizable vacuum tubesupported in the other of said chambers, and means for electricallyenergizing said vacuum tube.

Signed at Seattle, Washington, this 7th day of June, 1929.

YOSHISADA KAWAI.

nation, a. tubular non-conductive body having its outer end open, aconductive centrically apertured head received about said open end, astrip of heat insulating material disposed about the inner periphery ofthe body Walls, a tubular insulator arranged axially of said body andinteriorly of said heat insulating strip to provide an annular spacetherebetween, an electrically conductive chambered shell received Withinsaid space and contactually engaging said head, said shell having itsouter end open, a vacuum tube received Within said tubular insulator,means for continuously admitting a vaporized medicinal prepara-tion tothe chamber of said shell, means to electrically energize said vacuumtube, means to electrically energize said shell for intermittent`impulses, and means to restrict the egression of said vaporizedpreparation co-incident with electrical effects imparted by saidenergized tube and the conductive head.

2. In a therapeutic instrument of the character described, a tubularbody, a heat insu-

